Cotula coronopifolia, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 177

1. C. coronopifolia L. , Sp. Pl. 892 (1753).

Glabrous annual up to 30 cm. Leaves linear, entire, or with few, remote teeth or lobes, sessile and sheathing at base. Capitula 5-10 mm in diameter; involucral bracts c. 2 mm, ovate, rounded, purplish with a scarious margin. Outer florets without corolla, long-pedicellate; inner florets with yellow corolla, shortly pedicellate. Outer achenes 1 - 5 mm, strongly compressed and winged; inner achenes 1 -75 mm, unwinged. 2/t = 20. Damp, often saline places. Naturalized in W. Europe. [Br Da Ga Ge Hb Hs Lu No Sa.] (South Africa.)